n 2014, 12 per cent — close to one in eight — of US men between the ages of 25 and 54 were neither in work nor looking for it. This was very close to the Italian ratio and far higher than in other members of the group of seven leading high-income countries: in the UK, it was 8 per cent; in Germany and France 7 per cent; and in Japan a mere 4 per cent.
In the same year, the proportion of US prime-age women neither in work nor looking for it was 26 per cent, much the same as in Japan and less only than Italy’s. US labour market performance was strikingly poor for the men and women whose responsibilities should make earning a good income vital…
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Human beings choosing self-respect over than underpaying jobs? Who would have thunk it? If a job has no path for promotion, and it doesn't pay enough, then why do it?Yet 44 percent of men in the survey said there were jobs in their area they could get but were not willing to take.